One of my favorite Mother's Day gifts was a project S and J made at Activities Days. Part of it was a list of their favoite things about me.

Mother’s Day Thoughts from Sabrina:
· I love to hear you laugh.
· I like it when you make cornbread for breakfast.
· I love to see your face.
· I like doing the “Denise Austin Complete Workout.”
· I love it when you make time for just me.
· I love to see you happy.
· I like it when you hug me.
· I think you are pretty. I love your hair.
· I like to feel your kisses before bed.
· I like it when you make cookies.

Mother’s Day Thoughts from Joslyn:
· I like it when you make pork.
· I think you are veary pretty.
· I love it when you give me popcicles.
· I love you taking care of me.
· I like it when you hug me.
· I love you to comfort me.
· I feel happy when you sing to me.
· I love it when you read the friend to me.
· I love it when you’re happy.
· You are good at singing.

It also had Hershey's kisses - and you can never go wrong giving me chocolate...!

Baby Love

It is so sweet to see the older kids love and serve Mallory.

We love this baby!

A family tradition that dates back to Brett's childhood, I think. We have pictures of every one of our kids doing this "trick."

First Camp Trip of the Season

We went for a quick overnight stay just up the river, north of Banks. It was beautiful on Friday evening, but rained all morning on Saturday. The kids didn't mind it for a while and did some exploring and hiking around, but by noon we were all soaked so we packed up and headed home.

Sabrina's friend Anna came with us.

Even though she claimed she had a "horrible" experience, Joslyn did have some fun....like when we roasted marshmellows and made s'mores.

This was all new to Blake--he is too young to remember much about last year. He LOVED it!

Erin hadn't forgotten and was quick to show him the ropes.

Mallory was a pro - sleeping pretty well at night and enjoying being outside.

Tulips & Cherry Blossoms

We had some good weather a couple of weeks ago and the kids enjoyed being outside--we even bought popsicles! Our whole yard is in bloom--tulips, lilacs, cherry tree, and a bunch of other stuff that I don't know the names of...

Look, petals in my teeth...yum!

Mallory is at that stage where she smiles a lot, but you have to be quick with the camera to catch them!

At 13 lbs even, she is the smallest 4-month-old I've had. She is still taking baths in the little baby tub.